A customer obtained financing worth 1,539.878 JOD from Tamweelcom Company, with the financing being repaid over 24 months with a decreasing/annual interest rate of 39.07%, which is equivalent to a fixed/annual interest rate of 22.8%.
1. What is the value of the total interest accrued on the financing?
The interest due before the first installment is due is (6,607) plus 3% sales tax.
Total interest value on financing = 702,184 JOD, plus 3% sales tax
The value of import stamps on the contract = 6 JOD
The value of a one-time credit granting commission = 25,399 JOD, plus 3% sales tax
Other services: “Sanad” insurance service upon customer request, subject to the company’s terms and conditions = 1.5 JOD per month
2. What is the value of the monthly installment that must be paid (principal, interest, and sales tax on the interest)
The value of the monthly installment for the first payment: 102,628 JOD
The value of the monthly installment for the remaining payments: 95,500 JOD, including the principal, interest, and sales tax on the interest.
3. How to calculate the effective interest rate (EIR) for the loan
The effective interest rate (EIR) = (1+IRR)12 - 1
The Internal rate of return (IRR) calculated using Microsoft Excel by using the equation of IRR:
Value field: enter all the cash flows (plus and minus)
Guess field: (represents the expected income): enter 0
IRR = 0.03508
Which represent the Monthly Effective rate
The effective interest rate (EIR) calculated by substitute the IRR in the following equation:
The effective interest rate (EIR) = (1+IRR)12 - 1
The effective interest rate (EIR) = 55.724%